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The Guilfordian
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Editor-in-Chief Bob Stanger
Managing Editor Carolyn Pipkin
Associate Editor Carolyn Ncwlin
Sports Editors Lee Jacobson
Claudette Belton
Business Manager Lee Jacobson
Advertising Manager ... Frazier Smith
Staff Members —Ann Cox, Ken Douglass,
Beth Eastwood, Dale Embich, Woody
Finley, Bob Hiatt, Alvin Jaffee, Bar
bara Jinnette, Doug Kerr, Craven
Mackie, Andy McGlamery, Warren
Mitofsky, Clara Mongtomery
Exchange Editor .... Carolyn Robertson
Circulation Manager . . . Leona Schmidt
Art Editor Craven Mackie
Photographers —Stan Bass, Bill Huffling,
Bob Johnson
Faculty Advisor Jackson Burgess
EDITORIAL
Newsprint?
We have heard comments here
and there concerning the newsprint
used last issue. Whether or not it
pays to use newsprint is a moot
point. Newsprint certainly does not
add to the glamour of THE GUIL
FORDIAN, but it helps us get out on
time. Possessed of the property of
fast drying, we feel it advantageous
in situations where we run into
difficulty. Last week we wanted to
get THE GUILFORDIAN to the foot
ball team before it left for the
game. We hope you will realize
that our goal is to give the student
the best that we can.
No PAPER NEXT WEEK!
There will be no paper published
next week. It was decided at the
last staff meeting that since we do
need essential equipment we will
forego one issue and use the funds
conserved toward the purchase of
this material. We are sure that the
student body will agree that it is
not too much for a newspaper to
ask for a typewriter. This is the
sort of equipment which we con
sider essential.
FOUNDERS DAY DANCE
THE GUILFORDIAN will sponsor a
Cartoon Character Dance come
Founder's Weekend. For further
and more explicit information see
next issue.
IKE OR ADLAI?
Next issue will see the start of
"Pro and Con." Watch for articles
entitled "Why Ike?" and "Why
Adlai?" This will be run in
connection with a chapel program
sponsored by THE GUILFORDIAN.
There will be speakers from both
parties in Upperclass and Fresh
man Chapels. For this too, read
the next issue of THE GUILFORDIAN.
—R.S.
A Whispering Campaign!
We of THE GUILFORDIAN would
like to start a whispering campaign.
We believe that it will take a great
deal of effort. It will haye to be
the combined effort of the students
as well as the faculty. The purpose
of the campaign? To promote quiet
New Faces of '56
This week an introduction to a
"New Face" takes the form of a
welcome home to a returning
native. Mr. Pat B. Comer, Jr., is a
native of Grensboro and a graduate
of Guilford College. After getting
his A.B. degree in general psychol
ogy at Guilford College, Mr. Comer
went to the University of Alabama
where he received his Master's
degree in clinical psychology. He
remained at the Alabama Univers
ty as a psychology instructor, after
which he spent some time as the
director of Personnel Relationships
at Druid City Hospital in Tusca
ioosa, Alabama. His next assign
ment was as an industrial psychol
ogist for the Olin Mathieson Chem
ical Corporation. Mr. Comer was
named as a consulting psychologist
for the Brandenburg Clinic, and
then as director and president of
The Evaluation Institute, Inc., of
New York City.
Mr. Comer is well known in his
field. Last year The New York
World Telegram carried a very in
teresting article, written by Murray
Robinson, about the work Mr.
Comer was doing in the field of
industrial psychology. The interest
ing, and somewhat unusual nature
jf Mr. Comer's work was contained
n the title of Mr. Robinson's arti
cle: "He Tells Off the Bosses —and
Gets Away With It." It seems that
Mr. Comer had devised a series of
tests to determine the efficiency
and aptitude of executives, instead
of the usual procedure of testing
die less important members of a
firm.
Mr. Comer is married and lives
in the Frazer Apartments. His wife
is formerly of Lokeeood, N. J., and
is a freshman in the biology depart
ment. To Mr. Comer we extend a
hearty welcome home and to Mrs.
Comer a welcome to the life of
Guilford College.
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Knowledge and timber shouldn't
he much used till they are seasoned.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
in the library, so that the few stu
dents who go there to study may
not be disturbed.
The offenders in this case come
from two clearly marked groups.
The largest in number come from
the student body. There are always
some who use the library for a
social hall—a great place to meet
the gang and tear-up papers. The
other group? The other serious of
fenders are the faculty! They are
busy people who rush in and out.
In, so they can put important books
on reserve, check references, etc.
Out? Well, that never seems to
come soon enough—that is, when
they very ceremoniously heel-toe
up to the desk and place their
request in what seems to be the yell
that the cheerleaders have been
striving to get on Saturday after
noon. You wish they would just
finish their business and go.
To the students we would like
to recommend two places reserved
for their behavior, or should we
say, misbehavior. The gym is one,
and the new student union is the
other. To the faculty we say walk
softly and PLEASE whisper. It is
one thing to be in error; it is
another thing not to correct that
error.
—WJM
THE GUILFORDIAN
Campus Views
By KEN DOUGLASS
QUESTION: What is your opinion
of the manner in which Secretary
of State Dulles has handled the
Suez situation thus farP
DALE EMBlCH— Junior: I believe
chat Dulles has done as well as
anyone could have done consider
ing the situation. He has shown a
good amount of resource in the
presentation of the various solu
.ions to the other parties concerned.
Even though the problem is not
yet settled, the mechanics of the
Users' Association seem to be
working out better than expected.
My only complaint is that the
whole stiuation should have been
foreseen in the first place, and I
believe that preventive measures
should have been taken.
WALDO HlATT— Junior: The most
significant comment I have seen to
date about Mr. Dulles was a car
toon depicting Mr. Eden and Mr.
Mollet, armed to the teeth on one
side, with Col. Nasser and his
Arabs standing well armed on the
other side. In the middle was Mr.
Dulles, with a briefcase separating
die two sides, preserving the peace.
1 believe that history will cast a
favorable verdict on Mr. Dulles'
handling of the situation.
MARY ANN LONG— Senior: I feel
that Dulles has been right in trying
co keep England and France from
using force. If Dulles is correct in
assuming that the Egyptian govern
ment is unable to run the Suez
Canal without help from Western
powers, I think his S.C.U.A. plan
is good. However, I personally
think Egypt should be given the
right to run the Canal and, if she
proves successful, given charge of
it, and if she proves unsuccessful,
have the S.C.U.A. take over.
ROGER REDMAN Junior: Only
time will tell whether or not the
efforts being put forth for a settle
ment of the Suez Crisis will bear
fruit, but I am confident that
Secretary of State Dulles is work
ing toward a peaceful solution.
DICK BROWN — Junior: Mr. Dulles,
who must take an optimistic view
of the entire world situation; weigh
and balance the effects of history,
past, present and future; is now
faced with a situation which
requires knowledge from almost
every field of educational resource,
as well as a humanistic understand
ing of the feelings of each party,
expressed or unexpressed. The one
person who can actually determine
whether or not our Secretary of
State is equipped with the elements
necessary to conclude a proper
negotiation is Mr. Dulles himself.
However, if he expresses to us his
sincere opinion that he is limited
in progress due to a lack of im
mediate knowledge and resource,
then the negotiations involving the
Suez Crisis must immediately be
transferred to other more capable
parties, and Mr. Dulles must be
acknowledged for realizing and
admitting his own incapableness.
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The superior man . . . stands
erect by bending above the fallen.
He rises by lifting others.
—Robert Green Ingersoll
A Brief History of Sciurus
Carolinensis
In August of 1837, horse drawn
wagons and carriages brought the
students to their first classes at
New Garden Boarding School. The
title, New Garden Boarding School,
was later changed to Guilford Col
lege and since then Guilford has
grown and expanded, although its
location remains on the same tract
of land which the New Garden
Boarding School originally occu
pied in 1837.
Long before the Society of
Friends decided upon this land for
building and even before Sir
Walter Raleigh lost his famous
colony this land on which you at
tend college, was inhabited by a
large, resourceful, and patriotic
colony. The colony consisted of
several hundred members, who
went by the name "Sciurus caro
linensis."
During the long wretched years
of the Revolutionary and Civil
wars, this colony remained neutral
nad refused to aid either side.
Often they were preyed upon
and slain by pioneers and mem
bers of other colonies, but their
love for peace and the small neces
sities of life kept them united. Soon
however, these peace loving fami
lies realized that in order to survive
the constant strife, conflict, and
invasion, a drastic change would
have to be made.
After a long group meeting one
wintery afternoon, in which the
group leaders chattered away in
debate, it was decided that the
"Sciurus carolinensis' 'would leave
the ground and climb into the large
trees and live. Since the trees bore
the food which was their primary
means of subsistence, this was a
convenient solution to their prob
lem.
Thus "Sciurus" took to the trees,
and his rapid adaption to the new
environment was marvelous to
behold. He feasted upon the acorns
of the trees and built his home from
the leaves and small branches
which he wove into a cozy nest
high above the ground.
Today numerous ancestors of this
first colony may be seen leaping
from tree to tree or gathering
acorns on the ground; without the
slightest loss of dignity the common
grey squirrel chatters on.
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STUDENT LEGISLATURE
(Continued from page one)
instituted for this year's conven
tion. Awards will be awarded to
the best orator and to the best bill
that is presented by the colleges.
Part of this meeting will be tele
vised so that the proceedings can
be viewed by those who cannot
attend. Plans have also been made
for a banquet to be held.
The Interim Council proposes to
ask Governor Luther Hodges to
give the keynote address to the
student representatives. If Gov
ernor Hodges cannot attend, it is
hoped that a man of equal capacity
will be able to speak.
If any one of the students is still
interested of becoming a delegate,
it is advised that he attend any
future meetings or else he will not
be able to participate in the chapel
elections.
OCTOBER 12, 1956
Ivy League
By DOUG KERR
If somebody walks up to you,
squints at your wearing apparel,
and leers, "Hey Mac—is that Ivy
League?", don't bop him one. "Ivy
League" is nothing more harmless
than a sales gimmick that cap
tures Joe College boys' money.
(How harmless can you get?) Well,
boys, here's the scoop.
Before World War II many
experts considered the college
students of this country the best-
Iressed men to be found anywhere.
Fashion scouts at first concentrated
their attention on the Ivy League
colleges Yale, Princeton, and
Harvard. These colleges set the
fashion, and other colleges in the
east came to the fore sartorially;
eventually schools and universities
all over the country became as
prominent in the fashion picture as
the big eastern schools. White
buckskin shoes, button-down col
lars, and gray flannel suits rose to
be important fashions for "Joe
College."
But World War II changed all
this. During the war and in the
years immediately following it, the
majority of students were attending
school on the G. I. Bill, and apparel
became unimportant. The average
student wore his old army field
jacket, (or if you prefer, marine
jacket), khaki or anything else he
owned. These fellows were there
for serious study, not to be "Ivy
League."
As the years passed, this mode of
dressing had its effect. When army
clothes wore out, they adopted
extremely casual clothes. T-shirts,
sweatshirts, and sweaters were
worn with denims and Levies. This
vogue for extremely casual attire
which approached sloppiness lasted
for a while, but the trend of late
has been toward better grooming.
And once again, certain colleges
are serving as fashion sources for
die nation.
The original Ivy League clothes
were nothing but a very conserva
tive style of clothing worn by
people of good taste. As college
students are educated to the better
things in life, their taste naturally
became that of a conservative
nature. This type attire quickly
became known as "Ivy League" as
the students at the Ivy League
colleges adopted it as a matter of
good taste. To keep up with the
Harvards and the Yales, the small
colleges forgetting the original con
servative taste —began buying any
thing labeled "Ivy League."
So, you see, Mr. Joe College, to
keep your title, forget "Ivy League"
and become conservatives then
you'll really be Ivy League.
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STUDENT UNION
(Continued from page one)
of the small rooms in the building.
The office of the GUILFORDIAN and
the Quaker will also be in the
Student Union. The larger rooms
will be used for such things as
concerts and lectures. A committee
composed of students and faculty
has been formed to arrange these
programs. Another addition is a
bulletin board that will list all of
the activities on campus. If any
organization planning an activity
will notify Dr. Williams, she will
put notice of it on the board.